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Foreign Investors Massively Bought US Treasury Securities in February: China, Japan, Canada, Euro Area, UK, Financial Centers, Taiwan, India, even Brazil

by Wolf Richter • Apr 16, 2025 • 81 Comments

Biggest increase since June 2021. And they mostly bought long-term Treasury debt. No major holder dumped.

The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada, March 2025: Sales Plunge, Supply Surges, Overall Prices Drop to Multi-Year Lows, Driven by Toronto

by Wolf Richter • Apr 15, 2025 • 62 Comments

But in some metros, prices continued to spike. By Metro: Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Quebec City.

Status of US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency: Central Banks Diversify into Other Currencies and Gold

by Wolf Richter • Mar 31, 2025 • 114 Comments

The surge of the “nontraditional reserve currencies.”

Who Holds the Ballooning US Government Debt, even as the Fed and Foreign Holders Unloaded Treasury Securities in Q4?

by Wolf Richter • Mar 18, 2025 • 59 Comments

An increasingly important question in iffy times. Here are the holders as of Q4, who dumped, who bought.

Not Just in the US: Inflation Dishes Up Another Nasty Surprise in Canada, Throwing Further Rate Cuts into Doubt

by Wolf Richter • Mar 18, 2025 • 64 Comments

But it’s not in housing; it’s spread across much of the economy. And it’s not just the end of the temporary GST (goods & service tax) holiday.

Trade Deficit in Goods Worsens to All-Time Worst in 2024, Small Surplus in Services Rises, Overall Trade Deficit Worsens by 17%

by Wolf Richter • Feb 5, 2025 • 133 Comments

Goods deficits & Corporate America: Vietnam jumps to #3 on transshipments from China to dodge tariffs. Tiny Ireland jumps to #4 on trade invoicing to dodge US corporate income taxes.

The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada, Dec. 2024 by Metro: Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax, Edmonton, Winnipeg

by Wolf Richter • Jan 15, 2025 • 55 Comments

Toronto single-family -19% from Feb 2022 peak, condos hit 3-year low. Vancouver eases further. Calgary condos sag. New highs in some markets.

Global Stocks over the Long Term: the S&P 500, the Big Standout vs the Markets of Japan, China, Hong Kong, India, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Canada

by Wolf Richter • Jan 1, 2025 • 53 Comments

And how the decline of the yen and rupee impacted USD investors in Japanese & Indian stocks.

The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada, Nov. 2024: Condo Prices Drop to New 3-Year Low, Single-Family Prices Stable at -17% from Peak in March 2022

by Wolf Richter • Dec 16, 2024 • 39 Comments

By Metro: Toronto, Vancouver, Hamilton, Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax, Victoria, Edmonton, Winnipeg.

US Dollar Crushes Euro, Yen, Canadian Dollar, other Currencies as Fed Backpedals on Pace of Rate Cuts

by Wolf Richter • Nov 22, 2024 • 64 Comments

Amid renewed inflation worries and above-average economic growth.

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